Heartthrobs :A History of women and desire
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford OUP 2017Description: xv, 262 pages : black and white illustrationsISBN: 9780198765837Subject(s): Women | Sexual attraction | Sex (Psychology) | Women | Sexual Behavior | Coitus | Women | Sexuality | HISTORY / Women | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies | HISTORY / Women | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies | Sexual attraction | Sex (Psychology) | Women | WomenDDC classification: 306.7082 Summary: In Heartthrobs, social and cultural historian Carole Dyhouse draws upon literature, cinema, and popular romance to show how the changing position of women has shaped their dreams about men, from Lord Byron in the early nineteenth century to boy-bands in the early twenty-first. Reflecting on the history of women as consumers and on the nature of fantasy, escapism, and 'fandom', she takes us deep into the world of gender and the imagination. A great deal of feminist literature has shown women as objects of the 'male gaze': this book looks at men through the eyes of women.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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306.7 SEX Sexuality studies | 306.7 SOC Social influences on romantic relationships : | 306.7072 SEX Sexualities research : critical interjections, diverse methodologies, and practical applications | 306.7082 DYH/H Heartthrobs :A History of women and desire | 306.7091821 ROU The Routledge history of sex and the body 1500 to the present | 306.7095479 SEX Sexuality, sexual behaviour and reproductive health : social science perspectives | 306.74 SAN/P Prostitution : sex work, policy & politics |
In Heartthrobs, social and cultural historian Carole Dyhouse draws upon literature, cinema, and popular romance to show how the changing position of women has shaped their dreams about men, from Lord Byron in the early nineteenth century to boy-bands in the early twenty-first. Reflecting on the history of women as consumers and on the nature of fantasy, escapism, and 'fandom', she takes us deep into the world of gender and the imagination. A great deal of feminist literature has shown women as objects of the 'male gaze': this book looks at men through the eyes of women.
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